Following the announcement of his death, many fans of Rich Dauer flooded social media with tribute messages for the former baseball legend. The Baltimore Orioles’ fame and former Houston Astros coach passed away at the age of 72.

Rich Dauer, an Orioles Hall of Famer who spent his entire 10-year MLB career in Baltimore and was the starting second baseman on the 1983 World Series championship team, has died, the team announced Monday.

The Baltimore Orioles have announced the death of Rich Dauer, a former big-league infielder and coach who was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in 2012. Dauer, 72, was roughly two years removed from suffering a massive stroke.